Legged Robot
Legged robots aim to create machines capable of robust and agile locomotion across diverse terrains, mimicking the adaptability of animals. Current research heavily focuses on improving state estimation (often using Kalman filters or invariant Kalman filtering), developing robust control policies through reinforcement learning (RL) and model predictive control (MPC), and integrating vision and language models for enhanced perception and task understanding. These advancements are driving progress in applications ranging from industrial inspection to search and rescue, highlighting the potential for legged robots to operate effectively in unstructured and challenging environments.
Papers
Visual Whole-Body Control for Legged Loco-Manipulation
Minghuan Liu, Zixuan Chen, Xuxin Cheng, Yandong Ji, Ri-Zhao Qiu, Ruihan Yang, Xiaolong Wang
Arm-Constrained Curriculum Learning for Loco-Manipulation of the Wheel-Legged Robot
Zifan Wang, Yufei Jia, Lu Shi, Haoyu Wang, Haizhou Zhao, Xueyang Li, Jinni Zhou, Jun Ma, Guyue Zhou
Real-time Model Predictive Control with Zonotope-Based Neural Networks for Bipedal Social Navigation
Abdulaziz Shamsah, Krishanu Agarwal, Shreyas Kousik, Ye Zhao
DexDribbler: Learning Dexterous Soccer Manipulation via Dynamic Supervision
Yutong Hu, Kehan Wen, Fisher Yu
Robustifying Model-Based Locomotion by Zero-order Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with Guard Saltation Matrix
Sotaro Katayama, Noriaki Takasugi, Mitsuhisa Kaneko, Norio Nagatsuka, and Masaya Kinoshita
Diffusion-based learning of contact plans for agile locomotion
Victor Dhédin, Adithya Kumar Chinnakkonda Ravi, Armand Jordana, Huaijiang Zhu, Avadesh Meduri, Ludovic Righetti, Bernhard Schölkopf, Majid Khadiv
Foot Shape-Dependent Resistive Force Model for Bipedal Walkers on Granular Terrains
Xunjie Chen, Aditya Anikode, Jingang Yi, Tao Liu